3-year-old goes to sleep in Hyderabad parking lot, dies after being run over by SUV

A 3-year-old girl was killed after being run over by an SUV in the parking area of an apartment in Hyderabad. The entire incident was caught on camera.

A 3-year-old girl, who resorted to sleeping in the basement of an apartment in Hyderabad due to unbearable heat, died after being run over by an SUV. The incident was recorded on the building’s CCTV camera.

The Hayathnagar Police Inspector said they received a complaint from 22-year-old Kavitha, a native of Shabad mandal in Karnataka’s Gulbarga, at 10 pm on Thursday regarding the incident.

Kavitha told police that she had come to Hyderabad, along with her children, in search of a livelihood.

She said on Wednesday, she reached the area to work at an under-construction building at Lecturers’ Colony in Hayathngar around 8 am.

Around 2:30 pm, she had lunch with her children, a 6-year-old son, Basawa Raju, and a 3-year-old daughter, Laxmi, she said, adding that her daughter could not bear the heat and went to sleep in the basement of the nearby Balaji Arcade Apartment.

She told police that around 3 pm, an SUV ran over her daughter Laxmi while parking, adding that the 3-year-old girl succumbed to severe head injuries on the spot.

Police said a case has been registered and an investigation was underway.